Everton old boy Anthony Gordon saw a penalty saved on his return to Goodison Park as Newcastle United were held to a 0-0 draw on Saturday.
Gordon had been Newcastle s spot-kick hero a week earlier, winning and converting a penalty to earn a point against Manchester City, but his failure this time cost the Magpies.
After James Tarkowski s foolish foul on Sandro Tonali gave Gordon, who left Everton for Newcastle in January 2023, his opportunity from 12 yards, he could not find a way past England team-mate Jordan Pickford.
The save from Pickford was heartily celebrated by the Everton fans, though their fury was directed at referee Craig Pawson midway through the second half, when Dominic Calvert-Lewin felt he too should have had a penalty.
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Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro was ruled out of the upcoming Euro 2008 championships on Monday after suffering a left ankle injury according to Ansa press agency.
The replacement for the 34-year-old Real Madrid defender capped 116 times will be announced soon, the Italian Football Federation informed Ansa.
Cannavaro who will hold a press conference on Tuesday suffered the injury during a training session at their Austrian base, just hours after Italy arrived in the country.
He underwent scans at a hospital in Modling, 15 kilometres south of Vienna, after colliding with Giorgio Chiellini during the practice match and was subsequently transferred to another hospital in Vienna.
Cannavaro underwent an MRI scan, after which the doctor Franz Maria Kainberge…
Luka Modric has ended Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi s 10-year domination of the Ballon d Or by claiming world football s most coveted individual prize.
Modric helped Real Madrid to their third consecutive Champions League trophy before the midfield maestro played a pivotal role in Croatia s surprise run to the World Cup final.
Ronaldo finished second, unable to add a sixth trophy to his collection, while France and Atletico Madrid s Antoine Griezmann completed a Messi-less top three.
Here, we look at how the jury voted to rank the players selected as the 30 best on the planet by France Football.
1) Luka Modric
After a decade dominated by superstar forwards, Modric strikes a blow for the little man. A delightful midfield creator who has operat…
This season’s Champions League is reaching its climax. We are only weeks away from the final, and the tension is mounting. We are still to see which of the teams will play on the 3rd June in Cardiff, but those of you who would like to watch the upcoming game live, you should certainly head down to , because he cooked up a neat promotion, which will save two category 1 seats for one lucky player.
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Spain was swept up in football fever Saturday one day ahead of its national team s Euro 2008 final against Germany in Vienna which fans were confident would lead to its first major title in over 40 years.
From Valencia to Valladolid, town halls across the country were setting up giant television screens in public squares to allow supporters to gather and watch the match while stores reported dwindling stocks of red and white Spanish flags and jerseys.
The only exceptions were Barcelona and Bilbao in separatist-minded Catalonia and the Basque Country where local officials as of Saturday had no plans to set up screens due to regional sensitivities, daily newspaper El Mundo reported.
Travel agencies on Friday sold out within hours packages including a flight and…
Tottenham sacked manager Mauricio Pochettino on this day in 2019.
The sudden and unexpected decision came less than six months after the Argentinian had guided Spurs to the Champions League final.
Pochettino had been in charge for five-and-a-half years but paid the price for a poor start to the 2019-20 season.
He left Spurs 14th in the Premier League table after winning just three, and collecting only 14 points, from their opening 12 games of the campaign.
“Regrettably domestic results at the end of last season and beginning of this season have been extremely disappointing,” said chairman Daniel Levy.
“We were extremely reluctant to make this change. It is not a decision the board has taken lightly, nor in haste.”
Pochettino left S…
The touchdown market has become one of the most popular and potentially profitable props in the NFL betting world. Each week, we’re going to throw down three to four units as we try to uncover some of the best weekly NFL TD props and dig into the matchups that surround them.
We learned something in Week 3: picking four square TD props is hard to come out even on. We went 1-3 SU for -1.95u last week but had two players lead their teams in receiving yards yet fail to score. TD props are hard to hit, so finding value and the best price is very important in the long haul. Onto Week 4.
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Super Bowl betting is a weird and wild two-week wait until the Big Game, with the odds analyzed and over-analyzed by just about every bettor with a dollar to burn. The most important action, however, shows up in the first few hours after the Super Bowl odds hit the board.
If we look at the past 15 Big Games, the early action and initial line move has been on the right side of the Super Bowl odds in 11 of those contests. So pay close attention to the opening spread and where that bad boy moves first.
If you’re looking to take the fight to the bookies for one last time this football season, make sure you get the best odds for your opinion on either the Eagles or Chiefs. Here are the Super Bowl odds to bet now, and the odds to bet later.
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